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Treasure

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Noun

1. hoarded wealth, treasure

accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.

Example Sentences:
'the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies'

2. gem, treasure

art highly prized for its beauty or perfection

3. treasure

any possession that is highly valued by its owner

Example Sentences:
'the children returned from the seashore with their shells and other treasures'

4. treasure

a collection of precious things

Example Sentences:
'the trunk held all her meager treasures'

Verb

5. appreciate, prize, treasure, value

hold dear

Example Sentences:
'I prize these old photographs'

6. care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure

be fond of; be attached to

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Treasure

see synonyms of treasure
noun
1. 
wealth and riches, usually hoarded, esp in the form of money, precious metals, or gems
2. 
a thing or person that is highly prized or valued
verb (transitive)
3. 
to prize highly as valuable, rare, or costly
4. 
to store up and save; hoard

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Treasure

see synonyms of treasure
noun
1. 
accumulated or stored wealth, esp. in the form of money, precious metals, jewels, etc.
2. 
any person or thing considered very valuable
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtreasured or ˈtreasuring
3. 
to store away or save up (money, valuables, etc.) as for future use; hoard
4. 
to value greatly; cherish

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Treasure

see synonyms of treasure
n.
1. Accumulated or stored wealth in the form of money, jewels, or other valuables: search for buried treasure; spending much of the national treasure on armaments.
2. Valuable or precious possessions of any kind.
3. One considered especially precious or valuable: bought several treasures at the estate sale; saw her assistant as a treasure.
tr.v. treas·ured, treas·ur·ing, treas·ures
1. To keep or regard as precious; value highly. See Synonyms at appreciate.
2. To accumulate or store away, as for future use: "This same withered and crumbling flower ... Five and fifty years it has been treasured between the leaves of this old volume" (Nathaniel Hawthorne).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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